Re: Noteheads slightly too large

[Carl Sorensen]

Paul Morris wrote
>> On Feb 14, 2016, at 10:11 AM, David Kastrup <

> dak@

> > wrote:
>> 
>> Your image only shows notes between staff lines.  However, a reduction
>> in notehead size will mainly make notes _on_ staff lines look too small
>> and/or unsymmetric so the image is not really useful for judging
>> potential _downsides_ of that change.  Can you do a more complete image,
>> including ledger lines and larger note values (half, semibreve, breve,
>> longa)?
> 
> Maybe also include an example with some note heads that are colored so you
> can see better how they overlap with the staff lines?  i.e. with 
> 
> \override NoteHead.color = #blue

I've attached an image with green noteheads that shows spaces, staff lines,
and ledger lines (all at a setting of Overdone_heads = -0.2, which reduces
the metafont notehead size by 20% of the staff line thickness).

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n187226/overdone-.png> 

Here are three images  that come from a test with various durations.

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n187226/test2.png> 

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n187226/test2b.png> 

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n187226/test2c.png> 

I believe the changes are so minute that they cannot be seen when the note
is on a staff line.  The symmetry of the note is unchanged; only its height
is adjusted.

pdf files with three different settings for overdone_heads and the noteheads
in green are available on the tracker issue: 
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4693/
<https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4693/>  

Thanks,

Carl





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